coolreads # Retro Books # The Mayan Secrets

The Mayan Secrets

Authors: Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9781405931342

Year Published: 2013

The Mayan Secrets by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry is the fifth book of 13 in the Sam and Remi Fargo Adventures Series. In this book, the Fargos are on a humanitarian mission to help people in Mexico after an earthquake. They then stumble upon the remains of a man clutching a pot which contains a Mayan codex that is larger than any previously discovered book. This leads them on an adventure to protect the secrets within the codex before a wealthy, greedy woman can claim the codex and all it reveals for herself.

coolreads # Retro Books # Order to Kill

Order to Kill

Author: Vince Flynn with Kyle Mills

Publisher: Pocket Books

ISBN: ‎978-1476783499

Year Published: 2016

Although Vince Flynn died in 2013, the character he created, Mitch Rapp, lives on in this 15th chronicle of the legendary CIA agent’s adventure.

coolreads # Behind the Stories

Behind the Stories

Author: Lilian Tan

Publisher: The Edge Communication Sdn Bhd

ISBN: 9789672642275

Behind the Stories (BTS) is a collection of anecdotes and recollections by the pioneers on how The Edge was first published - from its conception to the recruitment of core staff, and the trials and tribulations it went through the past 30 years. It offers readers a candid and revealing insight on the business publication that has survived the odds when it first hit the street in September, 1994. And the remarkable journey it had taken to become a business publication that has earned the respect from both the corporate and public sectors.

coolreads # Retro Books # True Faith and Allegiance

True Faith and Allegiance

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9781405922296

Mark Greaney is at the helm of this action-adventure thriller, this time with a devious yet believable story about radical terrorist attacks in America.

coolreads # Retro Books # Shadow of Doubt, A Thriller

Shadow of Doubt, A Thriller

Author: Brad Thor

Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler

ISBN: 9781982182236

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” This quote from Oscar Wilde aptly describes any good political thriller. And Brad Thor chose this quote to open the latest instalment in his Scot Harvath series, Shadow of Doubt.

coolreads # Retro Books # Chinese Lessons

Chinese Lessons

Author: John Pomfret

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

ISBN: 9780805076158

Year Published: 2006

These days, visitors to China will be captivated by the breathtaking sights and dazzling high-rise buildings as well as the high speed rails and magnificent flyovers of Shanghai, Beijing and other big cities in China. Or being greeted upon arrival at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport. The amazing transformation and development of the People’s Republic over the past decades can have an intoxicating effect of obscuring the contradictions and truths, especially of its past.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Chaos Agent

The Chaos Agent

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 9780593548141

Futuristic robots take centre stage in the Gray Man’s latest thriller, The Chaos Agent. Courtland Gentry aka The Gray Man and Zoya Zakharova are lovers trying to enjoy a peaceful hideaway by Guatemala’s beautiful Lake Atitlán when a tiny drone with facial recognition capabilities tracks them down.  A worldwide manhunt is out for them, and Russia has a capture-or-kill order out on Zoya.

coolreads # Retro Books # Spartan Gold

Spartan Gold

Authors: Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9780141042916

Year Published: 2009

Clive Cussler introduces Sam and Remi Fargo in Spartan Gold, which is the first book in the Fargo Adventures series.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Striker

The Striker

Authors: Clive Cussler and Justin Scott

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9781401911399

The Striker promises to thrill Isaac Bell fans with yet another action-packed story of his exploits as a young Van Dorn Agency detective. Set in the coal-mining hills of West Virginia and Pennsylvania at the turn of the century, Clive Cussler depicts the struggles between budding labour unions and management. Union organisers begin to see the benefits of verbal negotiations to improve wages and working conditions. But some greedy owners maintain the upper hand because they control the purse strings, buy Pinkerton detective protection, and control the transportation of coal.

coolreads # Retro Books # Gunmetal Gray

Gunmetal Gray

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkley Books

ISBN: 9780425282854

Year Published: 2017

Gunmetal Gray by Mark Greaney is an engrossing and suspenseful thriller. Greaney definitely has upped the intensity of his plot and put his characters through more grilling challenges.